Snapchat and Instagram Filters Are Making People Want Plastic Surgery

Snapchat and Instagram Filters Are Making People Want Plastic Surgery

Are you getting so used to the way you look with filters that you want to change your face permanently?
Photo by Elijah O'Donell on Unsplash

08.13.18

Are you getting so used to the way you look with filters that you want to change your face permanently?Photo by Elijah O’Donell on Unsplash

The screens dominating our lives have already began to alter and adjust our realities.

And now it’s going beyond FOMO and comparing our own lives to others’. We’re taking the insecurities that social media stokes and carrying them into the real world. The big problem with false perceptions online is that some are trying to make these unrealistic ideals a reality and alter themselves to fit their screens — literally.

The rising “Snapchat Dysmorphia” phenomenon is Exhibit A: more and more people are getting plastic surgery to look like edited photos. Because people are starting to prefer how they look with all the filters and adjustments.

Snapchat, of course, offers tons of filters to change the way our face looks, and apps like FaceTune have been created specifically to so that people can make themselves look “better” in photos.

Snapchat dysmorphia: A growing number of patients are seeking to look like their Snapchat-filtered selfies. pic.twitter.com/TmmwMVVckq

Of course, some people’s livelihoods are based on how they appear on social media (*cough* Kylie Jenner) so it’s not all that surprising that they would surgically alter their looks to achieve the appearance they think they need.